Star Diaries: The Sailor Zodiacs
By: Luna and Usagi
Based on an idea by Tomasu Jeshika
Diary Six: Still No Cure for Cancer
June 22, 2889
I knew they would be coming. Every month or so the data on the history discs at school changes, all on its own. Names of famous people like the American hippie Jeshika Tomasu and the Italian Renaissance model Hime Kaseino have vanished from all the historical records. I know where they've gone, though. Everyone knows. All of these people were chosen to wear the powerful Zodiac Gems and to fight the evil forces of the Black Hole Empire. Everyone keeps asking me when am I going to join the Sailor Zodiacs, since I, Befurinu Karitsuma, am the lucky owner of the Cancer Gem. Last month, when the name Damon Parthenos disappeared from a list of early Olympic athletes, I knew I'd be next. I've been waiting anxiously for three weeks, and finally my day has come! It all began this morning at school. I was late, as usual, but as I was dashing to class I stopped in my tracks. Right there in the front office were ten new students; 8 girls in 9th grade uniforms and a boy and girl in 7th grade uniforms. But, these were no ordinary students; they were none other than Ami Mizuno, Rei Hino, Makoto Kino, Minako Aino, Jeshika Tomasu, Reira Musaa, Hime Kaseino, Maria DeCastillo, and Zoë and Damon Parthenos! I stood there in the doorway mesmerized, and all I could think of was Oh my God, it's the Sailor Senshi! They're not even two meters away from me! Oh my God... "...and you eight are enrolled in Miss Gendou's 9th grade class." I heard the assistant principal say. I snapped to attention. Miss Gendou is my teacher! "I can take the new students to their class, ma'am!" I said eagerly. "Well, that would be nice of you, ari-gatou." the assistant principal replied. She checked her watch. "Wait a minute, young lady! Do you have a hall pass?" "Ano ne...Gomen-nasai, no time! We gotta get to class now!" I said quickly as I hurried out the door with the Sailor Senshi close behind me. After dropping the twins off to their class, the Sailor Senshi and I arrived at Miss Gendou's classroom. "You're late again, Befurinu. You do realize you have detention this afternoon since this is your third tardy this week." Miss Gendou said sternly, adjusting her glasses. "I know, Gendou-san. Gomen-nasai!" I muttered as I bowed nervously, "But I was just showing these exchange students the way to their new class-- which just happens to be this one." I stepped aside and let the Sailor Senshi inside. Suddenly, everyone gasped and started crowding around them, talking excitedly. I heard students saying stuff like: "Oh my God, it's them!" and "I can't believe we're actually standing in the same room as the Sailor Senshi!" "Y-you all know who we are?" Jeshika stammered. "See, I knew I'd be famous someday!" sighed Minako with stars in her eyes. "Famous? Are you kidding? You guys are legendary!" exclaimed one student. "Yeah, the adventures of the Sailor Senshi and the Sailor Zodiacs have been told of for centuries!" declared a geek student with big glasses. "Would you all be quiet about the Senshi stuff?" I whispered loudly, "The Enemy could be lurking around here right now!" "Gee, Befurinu, you almost sound like you're one of us!" Makoto laughed. "Oh, you can just call me Befu-chan!" I smiled, "And actually, I am one of you." I showed them my pendant as proof. "That's the Cancer Gem, all right!" said Jeshika. "Well, that saves us a lot of time." said Rei. "Okay, that's enough chatter, class. We need to get back to our Stone Analysis Lab." Miss Gendou interrupted us. "Oh, I LOVE labs!" Ami shouted in delight. Everyone stared at her with wide eyes and raised eyebrows as she skipped into the laboratory. The Senshi rolled their eyes. "Aa Kami-sama! Ami actually enjoys class work?" I whispered to Makoto. "Ano, she is a genius, ne?" she shrugged. I saw Ami's eyes get all wide and starry as we came into the laboratory. It didn't make sense to me why she was so impressed with such ordinary classroom lab equipment, but I guess science has changed a lot in the last eight centuries. "Now class, I want you to choose partners and analyze the stone at your station." Miss Gendou instructed, "Each pair will determine the elements that make up their stone as well as the stone's properties and potential energy level. You will then identify your stone based on your observations. Begin!" "Do you have any idea what we're supposed to do?" I asked Minako, who I had decided to be partners with. "Not a clue." she sighed with a sweat drop. ^_^; Rocket scientists we are not. I looked around to see if I could figure it out from what everyone else was doing. Rei and Reira were arguing over which tools to use, Jeshika was adjusting the daisies behind her ears using her reflection in the blank screen in front of her, and Maria was asleep in her chair. The rest of the Sailor Senshi looked as clueless as Minako and I were! I glanced over at Ami and Hime, who were working together. Ami was, of course, already done with the assignment, and had typed up a full report to go with it! Now she was using Hime's Aries Gem to do another analysis. "Sugoi! I can't believe these results!!" Ami exclaimed. "Nani?" Hime, Minako and I responded. The three of us crowded around Ami as she read the data from the screen. "'Crystalline Solid form...hardness higher than a diamond's...compressed energy enough to destroy an entire planet'! And look at this! The elements included are Silver and Imperium!" "But that would mean the Aries Gem is really..." Minako gasped. "...A piece of Silver Imperium Crystal, I know!" Ami said excitedly. When the other Senshi heard this, they all rushed over to Ami. "Ami, analyze my Pisces Gem too! Maybe it'll get the same results." said Reira, handing her pendant to the girl genius. Ami scanned the stone into the machine and sure enough, the analysis was exactly the same as the Aries Gem. "This is amazing!" Ami exclaimed, "Jeshi-chan, let me see your Aquarius Gem." The hippie took off her necklace and gave it to her. "Far out, this is so groovy! All of us Sailor Zodiacs get our powers from pieces of Silver Imperium Crystal!!" Jeshika smiled. (I cringed at her use of the ancient word "groovy." Will I ever get used to that?) "I don't get it.isn't Usagi's Silver Imperium Crystal, the only one in the universe?" Makoto reasoned. "But there could be more of it. Remember the sword we used to kill Queen Beryl? That was made of Silver Imperium Crystal as well" Ami explained. "Oh yeah, I remember that now." the ponytailed brunette realized, "No wonder the Sailor Zodiacs' powers are so much stronger than ours." The bell rang for class to end, and most of the students filed out of the classroom. A thin girl with dark crimson eyes and long dirty blonde hair swept up into a high ponytail stood in the doorway so that the Sailor Senshi and I were forced to stay inside. "Give them to me." She said with absolutely no expression at all. "What are you talking about? What do you want?" I inquired nervously. "You know very well what I want, Sailor Cancer, now hand them over!" "Who are you, and why are you harassing my students? You all need to get to your next class." said Miss Gendou sternly. "We don't need to go anywhere. I am Megami Shino and what I'm doing is none of your business, so back off, you old hag!" the mysterious girl snapped. "How dare you speak to me that way!" gasped the teacher, "I have a right mind to send you to the principal's office right now, young lady!!" "If you had a right mind, you'd leave before you get hurt." the dirty blonde responded in that expressionless voice, then revealed the star- topped wand in her hand. "SCORPIO ZODIAC POWER.MAKE UP!!" Suddenly the room was filled with flashing red lights, and Megami's entire body became covered with what looked like a thousand scorpions. (Miss Gendou screamed bloody murder at the sight, and ran out the door as fast as her tiny feet could carry her!) When the transformation was complete, Megami was wearing a dark red sailor uniform with black bows. "Are you.Sailor Scorpio?" Hime asked. "That's impossible!" cried Ami in disbelief, "Sailor Scorpio isn't supposed to show up for another four chapters." "Well, the author needed me to come in early to make the plot of this story a little more interesting. Besides, I got tired of waiting, now give me the Zodiac Gems!!" Scorpio demanded. "I-I don't get it," I stammered, "If you're a Sailor Senshi like us.why-why are you against us?" "Because she was smart enough to choose the side that's obviously going to win in the end." said a male voice I'd rather not have recognized. I looked to the doorway, and there was Orion in all his sexy splendor, clad in a flowing black cape, black Arabian pants, black Arabian slippers and a golden belt with three large stars on it. Did I mention he was shirtless? Ohh yeah. I couldn't help but notice how his perfect bronze tan went so well with his long, beautiful blond hair. He lowered his ever-present purple sunglasses and stared at me with those icy blue-gray eyes. The creep. "I should've known you were going to show up." I voiced coldly. "Is Scorpio one of your little minions? Is she even a real Sailor Senshi?" "Oh, she's real all right," Orion smirked, "and she's more than just a 'minion,' as you so quaintly put it." He walked up to Sailor Scorpio and kissed her deeply. I was too shocked to speak-or even move, for about five minutes. Finally, I mustered up enough strength to say: "How could you do this? How could you choose her-and the Dark Side- over me? Is-is this why you left last January? It doesn't make any sense!" I dropped to the ground and started crying uncontrollably. The other girls stared at me and blinked in astonishment. "This makes even less sense to us." Ami stated. "Befu-chan, you and Orion used to be-an item??" Minako gasped, "How did that happen?" "Long story." I continued sobbing. "Ok, that's it, he is SO DEAD!!" growled Hime, her fists clenched. "Take this," said Jeshika, handing me my very own transformation wand, "Let's put an end to this knarly injustice!" "You're right," I sniffed. After wiping my tears away, I stood up. "Orion, this is officially over! CANCER ZODIAC POWER.MAKE UP!" What went through my body as I transformed for the first time felt like the cool of a moonlit summer night. One by one, the pieces of my sailor suit flashed onto me in the colors of a June sunset: a yellow collar, a yellow pleated skirt, red bows in the front and back, an orange star brooch, and a pair of yellow sandals adorned with little red circles. I was a new person. I was finally Sailor Cancer! Looking around, I could see the others had transformed as well. "Well, now that you're all dressed for the occasion, perhaps we should find a more suitable location for battle than this stuffy chemistry lab, shall we?" Orion said coolly, snapping his fingers twice. Instantly, we were in the middle of the football field, but Orion and Scorpio were nowhere to be found. "All right, where are they?" Sailor Jupiter scowled, slamming fist into her other hand, "Orion needs the crap beaten out of him for what he did to Befu-chan!!" "I wouldn't be so sure of myself if I were you, Jupiter!" said a voice from above, followed by an enormous energy shot that blasted the Soldier of Thunder and Lightning clear into the bleachers. We all ran up to Sailor Jupiter to make sure she was okay, then looked up to see a very pleased Orion and an amused Sailor Scorpio floating above us in mid-air. Just then, the Gemini Twins appeared with two cats I recognized as Tsuki and her brother Artemis. "We got here as fast as we could, but you would not believe how easily my baka brother gets distracted!!" Sailor Gemini panted. "Helloooo!!" shouted the Gemini Knight, waving his arms at our floating enemies. Sailor Gemini smacked her twin upside the head. He looked around, wondering where that sharp pain in his head came from, then continued waving. "DAMON! Stop waving like an idiot-" Sailor Gemini scolded him. "Forget Damon, he's in Damon Land, let's just take them down!" said Sailor Mars impatiently, "MARS. FLAME-" "Well that's not nice! We shouldn't take them down, we should let them fly in peace.." Damon interrupted. "Oh, stop being such a butthead, and let me fight! MARS.FLAME SNIPER!!" The Red Soldier shot an arrow made of fire at both Orion and Sailor Scorpio, but it didn't do much more than singe their clothes a little. Our enemies looked rather annoyed. "You fools!" Scorpio scoffed, "Don't you get it? Even your most powerful attacks cannot beat us! Why don't you just save yourselves the trouble and let us finish you off without struggling?" "Because," Aquarius replied, "We value our lives. and this planet, so much more than that, and we'll do whatever it takes to save everything. Right, girls?" "Right!" we all shouted. Sailor Aquarius raised her trident in the air and commanded us to combine powers. Each of us chanted our most powerful attack phrase. "Mercury. Aqua Rhapsody!" "Mars. Flame Sniper!" "Jupiter. Oak Evolution!" "Venus. Love and Beauty Shock!" "Aquarius. Waterfall Cascade!" "Pisces. Red Tide Tsunami!" "Aries. Spark Combustion!" "Taurus. Leather Flagellation!" "Gemini. Chaos Laser!!" Finally it was my turn. I opened my hand to summon whatever power I would be granted. In response, a golden wand decked out in pearls and with a ruby red crab on top appeared out of nowhere. Without thinking, I gripped the wand and held it out, chanting: "Cancer. Crab Invasion!!" With this last utterance, a solid white beam of energy shot towards Orion and Sailor Scorpio, but together they shot back something equally powerful, and the attacks ended up meeting in a giant explosion, causing everyone to get knocked to the ground. "What. just. happened??" panted Sailor Venus, looking around. The football field was completely destroyed, but everyone seemed unharmed; everyone except Orion, who was silent and motionless. Scorpio knelt down beside him, taking him in her arms. "Orion? Orion, are you all right? Please, speak to me, Orion!!" Sailor Scorpio practically screamed through her tears. Suddenly Orion stirred, looked up at Scorpio and placed his hand up to her cheek. "Megami-sama, gomen nasai." he whispered. "For what, my darling?" "I.I won't be able to capture those beautiful Zodiac Gems for you. However, you must live on, for the sake of the Black Hole Empire." "But, I don't care anymore about the Gems, or the Empire! I only want to be with you, Orion!" "Where I'm going, you can't go with me. not yet. Please, Megami-sama, serve Mistress Cassandra well." With one last kiss, Orion wasted his final breath, and then. he was gone. Without another word, Sailor Scorpio picked up Orion's corpse, turned around and started walking away. "Wait, Scorpio!" Aquarius called. The Dark Senshi stopped and turned to face us again, still silent, glaring at us with her cold, blood-crimson eyes. "Why don't you join us, and fight for good, instead of evil?" the Sailor Zodiac leader continued. "No. I will never, ever join you. I must avenge Orion, who you all took away from me. That means I will stop at nothing to acquire every last one of the Zodiac Gems, and I don't care if any of you or even I get killed in the process." Sailor Scorpio's voice was deathly calm and quiet. It gave me the chills just listening to her! "You should all consider yourselves lucky. I'm only letting you go this time because I must give Orion a proper funeral. But watch your backs, because I will be after you again soon." Finally, she vanished in a fine red and black mist to who knows where. "Awesome special effects! You know, we gotta do something like that for the opening of the next Olympics." said the Gemini Knight. Sailor Gemini smacked him on the back of the head. Again, he looked around to see what caused more sharp pain in his head, and then kept talking. "Anyways, I was thinking-" "Damon, you never think!" Sailor Gemini scolded her twin. "Don't be a dork, Zoe, be a shmork." Damon said, shaking his head in disappointment. "That made absolutely NO sense, Damon." Amy pointed out. "Well that's because your brain isn't complex enough to understand my Special Words." Damon said matter of factly. "In about six months, the rest of the Sailor Zodiacs should be awakened." Tsuki informed us, giving Aquarius the golden time key, "We must hurry if we're going to find them before Scorpio and Mistress Cassandra do." "You're right, Tsuki." Sailor Aquarius agreed, then turned to the rest of us, "Minna, let's go!"
(End of Diary Six)
June 22, 2889
I knew they would be coming. Every month or so the data on the history discs at school changes, all on its own. Names of famous people like the American hippie Jeshika Tomasu and the Italian Renaissance model Hime Kaseino have vanished from all the historical records. I know where they've gone, though. Everyone knows. All of these people were chosen to wear the powerful Zodiac Gems and to fight the evil forces of the Black Hole Empire. Everyone keeps asking me when am I going to join the Sailor Zodiacs, since I, Befurinu Karitsuma, am the lucky owner of the Cancer Gem. Last month, when the name Damon Parthenos disappeared from a list of early Olympic athletes, I knew I'd be next. I've been waiting anxiously for three weeks, and finally my day has come! It all began this morning at school. I was late, as usual, but as I was dashing to class I stopped in my tracks. Right there in the front office were ten new students; 8 girls in 9th grade uniforms and a boy and girl in 7th grade uniforms. But, these were no ordinary students; they were none other than Ami Mizuno, Rei Hino, Makoto Kino, Minako Aino, Jeshika Tomasu, Reira Musaa, Hime Kaseino, Maria DeCastillo, and Zoë and Damon Parthenos! I stood there in the doorway mesmerized, and all I could think of was Oh my God, it's the Sailor Senshi! They're not even two meters away from me! Oh my God... "...and you eight are enrolled in Miss Gendou's 9th grade class." I heard the assistant principal say. I snapped to attention. Miss Gendou is my teacher! "I can take the new students to their class, ma'am!" I said eagerly. "Well, that would be nice of you, ari-gatou." the assistant principal replied. She checked her watch. "Wait a minute, young lady! Do you have a hall pass?" "Ano ne...Gomen-nasai, no time! We gotta get to class now!" I said quickly as I hurried out the door with the Sailor Senshi close behind me. After dropping the twins off to their class, the Sailor Senshi and I arrived at Miss Gendou's classroom. "You're late again, Befurinu. You do realize you have detention this afternoon since this is your third tardy this week." Miss Gendou said sternly, adjusting her glasses. "I know, Gendou-san. Gomen-nasai!" I muttered as I bowed nervously, "But I was just showing these exchange students the way to their new class-- which just happens to be this one." I stepped aside and let the Sailor Senshi inside. Suddenly, everyone gasped and started crowding around them, talking excitedly. I heard students saying stuff like: "Oh my God, it's them!" and "I can't believe we're actually standing in the same room as the Sailor Senshi!" "Y-you all know who we are?" Jeshika stammered. "See, I knew I'd be famous someday!" sighed Minako with stars in her eyes. "Famous? Are you kidding? You guys are legendary!" exclaimed one student. "Yeah, the adventures of the Sailor Senshi and the Sailor Zodiacs have been told of for centuries!" declared a geek student with big glasses. "Would you all be quiet about the Senshi stuff?" I whispered loudly, "The Enemy could be lurking around here right now!" "Gee, Befurinu, you almost sound like you're one of us!" Makoto laughed. "Oh, you can just call me Befu-chan!" I smiled, "And actually, I am one of you." I showed them my pendant as proof. "That's the Cancer Gem, all right!" said Jeshika. "Well, that saves us a lot of time." said Rei. "Okay, that's enough chatter, class. We need to get back to our Stone Analysis Lab." Miss Gendou interrupted us. "Oh, I LOVE labs!" Ami shouted in delight. Everyone stared at her with wide eyes and raised eyebrows as she skipped into the laboratory. The Senshi rolled their eyes. "Aa Kami-sama! Ami actually enjoys class work?" I whispered to Makoto. "Ano, she is a genius, ne?" she shrugged. I saw Ami's eyes get all wide and starry as we came into the laboratory. It didn't make sense to me why she was so impressed with such ordinary classroom lab equipment, but I guess science has changed a lot in the last eight centuries. "Now class, I want you to choose partners and analyze the stone at your station." Miss Gendou instructed, "Each pair will determine the elements that make up their stone as well as the stone's properties and potential energy level. You will then identify your stone based on your observations. Begin!" "Do you have any idea what we're supposed to do?" I asked Minako, who I had decided to be partners with. "Not a clue." she sighed with a sweat drop. ^_^; Rocket scientists we are not. I looked around to see if I could figure it out from what everyone else was doing. Rei and Reira were arguing over which tools to use, Jeshika was adjusting the daisies behind her ears using her reflection in the blank screen in front of her, and Maria was asleep in her chair. The rest of the Sailor Senshi looked as clueless as Minako and I were! I glanced over at Ami and Hime, who were working together. Ami was, of course, already done with the assignment, and had typed up a full report to go with it! Now she was using Hime's Aries Gem to do another analysis. "Sugoi! I can't believe these results!!" Ami exclaimed. "Nani?" Hime, Minako and I responded. The three of us crowded around Ami as she read the data from the screen. "'Crystalline Solid form...hardness higher than a diamond's...compressed energy enough to destroy an entire planet'! And look at this! The elements included are Silver and Imperium!" "But that would mean the Aries Gem is really..." Minako gasped. "...A piece of Silver Imperium Crystal, I know!" Ami said excitedly. When the other Senshi heard this, they all rushed over to Ami. "Ami, analyze my Pisces Gem too! Maybe it'll get the same results." said Reira, handing her pendant to the girl genius. Ami scanned the stone into the machine and sure enough, the analysis was exactly the same as the Aries Gem. "This is amazing!" Ami exclaimed, "Jeshi-chan, let me see your Aquarius Gem." The hippie took off her necklace and gave it to her. "Far out, this is so groovy! All of us Sailor Zodiacs get our powers from pieces of Silver Imperium Crystal!!" Jeshika smiled. (I cringed at her use of the ancient word "groovy." Will I ever get used to that?) "I don't get it.isn't Usagi's Silver Imperium Crystal, the only one in the universe?" Makoto reasoned. "But there could be more of it. Remember the sword we used to kill Queen Beryl? That was made of Silver Imperium Crystal as well" Ami explained. "Oh yeah, I remember that now." the ponytailed brunette realized, "No wonder the Sailor Zodiacs' powers are so much stronger than ours." The bell rang for class to end, and most of the students filed out of the classroom. A thin girl with dark crimson eyes and long dirty blonde hair swept up into a high ponytail stood in the doorway so that the Sailor Senshi and I were forced to stay inside. "Give them to me." She said with absolutely no expression at all. "What are you talking about? What do you want?" I inquired nervously. "You know very well what I want, Sailor Cancer, now hand them over!" "Who are you, and why are you harassing my students? You all need to get to your next class." said Miss Gendou sternly. "We don't need to go anywhere. I am Megami Shino and what I'm doing is none of your business, so back off, you old hag!" the mysterious girl snapped. "How dare you speak to me that way!" gasped the teacher, "I have a right mind to send you to the principal's office right now, young lady!!" "If you had a right mind, you'd leave before you get hurt." the dirty blonde responded in that expressionless voice, then revealed the star- topped wand in her hand. "SCORPIO ZODIAC POWER.MAKE UP!!" Suddenly the room was filled with flashing red lights, and Megami's entire body became covered with what looked like a thousand scorpions. (Miss Gendou screamed bloody murder at the sight, and ran out the door as fast as her tiny feet could carry her!) When the transformation was complete, Megami was wearing a dark red sailor uniform with black bows. "Are you.Sailor Scorpio?" Hime asked. "That's impossible!" cried Ami in disbelief, "Sailor Scorpio isn't supposed to show up for another four chapters." "Well, the author needed me to come in early to make the plot of this story a little more interesting. Besides, I got tired of waiting, now give me the Zodiac Gems!!" Scorpio demanded. "I-I don't get it," I stammered, "If you're a Sailor Senshi like us.why-why are you against us?" "Because she was smart enough to choose the side that's obviously going to win in the end." said a male voice I'd rather not have recognized. I looked to the doorway, and there was Orion in all his sexy splendor, clad in a flowing black cape, black Arabian pants, black Arabian slippers and a golden belt with three large stars on it. Did I mention he was shirtless? Ohh yeah. I couldn't help but notice how his perfect bronze tan went so well with his long, beautiful blond hair. He lowered his ever-present purple sunglasses and stared at me with those icy blue-gray eyes. The creep. "I should've known you were going to show up." I voiced coldly. "Is Scorpio one of your little minions? Is she even a real Sailor Senshi?" "Oh, she's real all right," Orion smirked, "and she's more than just a 'minion,' as you so quaintly put it." He walked up to Sailor Scorpio and kissed her deeply. I was too shocked to speak-or even move, for about five minutes. Finally, I mustered up enough strength to say: "How could you do this? How could you choose her-and the Dark Side- over me? Is-is this why you left last January? It doesn't make any sense!" I dropped to the ground and started crying uncontrollably. The other girls stared at me and blinked in astonishment. "This makes even less sense to us." Ami stated. "Befu-chan, you and Orion used to be-an item??" Minako gasped, "How did that happen?" "Long story." I continued sobbing. "Ok, that's it, he is SO DEAD!!" growled Hime, her fists clenched. "Take this," said Jeshika, handing me my very own transformation wand, "Let's put an end to this knarly injustice!" "You're right," I sniffed. After wiping my tears away, I stood up. "Orion, this is officially over! CANCER ZODIAC POWER.MAKE UP!" What went through my body as I transformed for the first time felt like the cool of a moonlit summer night. One by one, the pieces of my sailor suit flashed onto me in the colors of a June sunset: a yellow collar, a yellow pleated skirt, red bows in the front and back, an orange star brooch, and a pair of yellow sandals adorned with little red circles. I was a new person. I was finally Sailor Cancer! Looking around, I could see the others had transformed as well. "Well, now that you're all dressed for the occasion, perhaps we should find a more suitable location for battle than this stuffy chemistry lab, shall we?" Orion said coolly, snapping his fingers twice. Instantly, we were in the middle of the football field, but Orion and Scorpio were nowhere to be found. "All right, where are they?" Sailor Jupiter scowled, slamming fist into her other hand, "Orion needs the crap beaten out of him for what he did to Befu-chan!!" "I wouldn't be so sure of myself if I were you, Jupiter!" said a voice from above, followed by an enormous energy shot that blasted the Soldier of Thunder and Lightning clear into the bleachers. We all ran up to Sailor Jupiter to make sure she was okay, then looked up to see a very pleased Orion and an amused Sailor Scorpio floating above us in mid-air. Just then, the Gemini Twins appeared with two cats I recognized as Tsuki and her brother Artemis. "We got here as fast as we could, but you would not believe how easily my baka brother gets distracted!!" Sailor Gemini panted. "Helloooo!!" shouted the Gemini Knight, waving his arms at our floating enemies. Sailor Gemini smacked her twin upside the head. He looked around, wondering where that sharp pain in his head came from, then continued waving. "DAMON! Stop waving like an idiot-" Sailor Gemini scolded him. "Forget Damon, he's in Damon Land, let's just take them down!" said Sailor Mars impatiently, "MARS. FLAME-" "Well that's not nice! We shouldn't take them down, we should let them fly in peace.." Damon interrupted. "Oh, stop being such a butthead, and let me fight! MARS.FLAME SNIPER!!" The Red Soldier shot an arrow made of fire at both Orion and Sailor Scorpio, but it didn't do much more than singe their clothes a little. Our enemies looked rather annoyed. "You fools!" Scorpio scoffed, "Don't you get it? Even your most powerful attacks cannot beat us! Why don't you just save yourselves the trouble and let us finish you off without struggling?" "Because," Aquarius replied, "We value our lives. and this planet, so much more than that, and we'll do whatever it takes to save everything. Right, girls?" "Right!" we all shouted. Sailor Aquarius raised her trident in the air and commanded us to combine powers. Each of us chanted our most powerful attack phrase. "Mercury. Aqua Rhapsody!" "Mars. Flame Sniper!" "Jupiter. Oak Evolution!" "Venus. Love and Beauty Shock!" "Aquarius. Waterfall Cascade!" "Pisces. Red Tide Tsunami!" "Aries. Spark Combustion!" "Taurus. Leather Flagellation!" "Gemini. Chaos Laser!!" Finally it was my turn. I opened my hand to summon whatever power I would be granted. In response, a golden wand decked out in pearls and with a ruby red crab on top appeared out of nowhere. Without thinking, I gripped the wand and held it out, chanting: "Cancer. Crab Invasion!!" With this last utterance, a solid white beam of energy shot towards Orion and Sailor Scorpio, but together they shot back something equally powerful, and the attacks ended up meeting in a giant explosion, causing everyone to get knocked to the ground. "What. just. happened??" panted Sailor Venus, looking around. The football field was completely destroyed, but everyone seemed unharmed; everyone except Orion, who was silent and motionless. Scorpio knelt down beside him, taking him in her arms. "Orion? Orion, are you all right? Please, speak to me, Orion!!" Sailor Scorpio practically screamed through her tears. Suddenly Orion stirred, looked up at Scorpio and placed his hand up to her cheek. "Megami-sama, gomen nasai." he whispered. "For what, my darling?" "I.I won't be able to capture those beautiful Zodiac Gems for you. However, you must live on, for the sake of the Black Hole Empire." "But, I don't care anymore about the Gems, or the Empire! I only want to be with you, Orion!" "Where I'm going, you can't go with me. not yet. Please, Megami-sama, serve Mistress Cassandra well." With one last kiss, Orion wasted his final breath, and then. he was gone. Without another word, Sailor Scorpio picked up Orion's corpse, turned around and started walking away. "Wait, Scorpio!" Aquarius called. The Dark Senshi stopped and turned to face us again, still silent, glaring at us with her cold, blood-crimson eyes. "Why don't you join us, and fight for good, instead of evil?" the Sailor Zodiac leader continued. "No. I will never, ever join you. I must avenge Orion, who you all took away from me. That means I will stop at nothing to acquire every last one of the Zodiac Gems, and I don't care if any of you or even I get killed in the process." Sailor Scorpio's voice was deathly calm and quiet. It gave me the chills just listening to her! "You should all consider yourselves lucky. I'm only letting you go this time because I must give Orion a proper funeral. But watch your backs, because I will be after you again soon." Finally, she vanished in a fine red and black mist to who knows where. "Awesome special effects! You know, we gotta do something like that for the opening of the next Olympics." said the Gemini Knight. Sailor Gemini smacked him on the back of the head. Again, he looked around to see what caused more sharp pain in his head, and then kept talking. "Anyways, I was thinking-" "Damon, you never think!" Sailor Gemini scolded her twin. "Don't be a dork, Zoe, be a shmork." Damon said, shaking his head in disappointment. "That made absolutely NO sense, Damon." Amy pointed out. "Well that's because your brain isn't complex enough to understand my Special Words." Damon said matter of factly. "In about six months, the rest of the Sailor Zodiacs should be awakened." Tsuki informed us, giving Aquarius the golden time key, "We must hurry if we're going to find them before Scorpio and Mistress Cassandra do." "You're right, Tsuki." Sailor Aquarius agreed, then turned to the rest of us, "Minna, let's go!"
(End of Diary Six)